Registration Process

The coordinators will make direct contact with those on the registration list to offer places in the upcoming training as the dates become available.

Please ensure that all details are completed.

Registrants will be eligible for the training dates planned for September and October.

All registrants will be contacted once dates are determined. You will be able to once again, nominate your availability for the identified training dates. A similar process will be applied to determine the successful candidates and notify them of their successful nomination.

If you have any questions, please contact John Armstrong on 02 6248 7995.

Could those members intending to register for training also email the Secretary at Secretary@actvets.cc so the Club can keep track of those members who have applied.

Please confirm with the Race Director that you are available. If you unable to make the date that you have been rostered please find a replacement.

RACE REPORT:

Stromlo Points Race – 23rd August

At the start of racing on Saturday it was a little overcast but it did not take long before the sky cleared and it felt like spring. Unusually for Stromlo there was only a light breeze blowing – perfect conditions for racing. While the good weather showed up not many racers made it with A, C and F grades each having only two competitors each. The change in the event from a TT at Uriarra to a SFP points race may have played a part.

Eight A and B graders began the afternoon’s racing, starting together and riding as a bunch for the whole race. In A grade Marc Vroomans was too strong for Tom Hartley, winning all four intermediate sprints as well as the final sprint. The competition was closest in B grade with the first 4 places separated by a point each. Nick Boylan won, managing a 3rd and two seconds in the intermediates and 2nd place in the final sprint, while second place getter Jason Parkes won one intermediate and the final sprint. Both Robert Langridge and Mark Taylor finished on the same number of points but Robert took third on a count back having finished higher than Mark in the final sprint.

C and D grade were next to race, between them having 7 riders. In C grade Craig Kentwell won the 3 intermediate and final sprints finishing in front of Alain Arbaut. David Gunther was a clear winner in D grade gaining a first and 2 seconds in the intermediates and also winning the final sprint. Kev Hennessy and Terry Merrigan rode strongly with only a point separating them at the end for second and third place respectively.

E/F/G grades were last away on the day. E Grade with 10 starters, the biggest field of the day, raced as a group. Phil Anderson who is returning from injury, finished first in E grade winning the 3 intermediate sprints and crossing the line 2nd in the final sprint. Bruce Griffin also rode strongly with 2 second places in the intermediates and a win in the final sprint. The points were shared pretty evenly amongst the other E graders but a third place by Mick Donaldson in the final sprint was good enough for third overall.

F and G grades started together but it didn’t take long before both F graders Luke McGowan and James Meredith broke away. The racing between them was close but in the end Luke McGowan proved a little too strong for James. Ross Robinson was a clear winner in G grade crossing first in all the sprints. Stjepan Hirsler took second, separated from Bernie Crowe in third place by only a point.

Thanks to the Marshalls Liz Lowe, Steve Crispin and new member Warwick Wilson, who recently joined the club and is yet to race, as well as club stalwart Henry Beaverstock.